Jordan vs Rwanda
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
Jordan
One in five students in Jordanian public schools is a Syrian refugee child.
Jordan hosts 660,000 Syrian refugees, and its schools have absorbed their children through a double-shift system.
Rwanda
Rwandan children learn in three languages: Kinyarwanda, English, and French.
Rwanda switched its entire education system from French to English in 2008, creating a generation of trilingual children navigating three linguistic worlds.
Jordan
Jordan's 10-2 compulsory system has expanded dramatically to absorb Syrian refugee children. Many schools operate double shifts โ Jordanian children in the morning, Syrian children in the afternoon. Education is free through secondary school.
Rwanda
Rwanda follows a 6-3-3-4 structure. Kinyarwanda is the medium of instruction in lower primary, with English taking over from grade 4. French is taught as a subject. A competency-based curriculum replaced rote learning approaches in 2015.
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